Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective & noun Any of various fishes of the family Serranidae, including groupers and sea bass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any fish of the family Serranidæ or sea-bass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the
Serranidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Serranidae, family name, from Latin serra, saw, sawfish.]
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